Valan Luca's traveling show sets out very early in the morning. Well short of midday, they stop near a town called Maderin. Tuon has Selucia tell Matrim Cauthon to come to her wagon where she tells him that she wants to visit a "hell", the roughest sort of tavern. In the end, Thomdril Merrilin takes them to The White Ring, which he thinks is rough enough for Tuon. After a while, Tuon wants to see how lucky Mat is, which leads him to gamble with two merchants. Vane, the third merchant at the table leaves after a round without having wagered a coin. Mat wins every toss until the last at which point he loses everything back. He tells Tuon that was very lucky since winning that often might have gotten him in trouble.